I hope the cold passes quickly, Kat. And no one else gets it.

One of the things I like about my walk to the market is walking down 34th: pretty victorians and yards. It's feels like the teeny town my grandparents retired to.

Got white nectarines, spinach, spinach empanadas, corn and a small thing of these purpley grape tomatoes. One smashed on my hip on the way home, so just ate it. It's very meaty and savory. Interesting.

Thing I'm gonna go get a pedicure. Would have on the way home (there's a place I pass that looks decent) but it wasn't open yet.

Kat, is it a physical thing or a stress thing, or both?

Omnis, that's ridiculous.

Suzi, glad to hear that the visit is going well so far.

Off to look at Cashmere's skate pics and video!

smonster, physical. I seem to have gotten a head cold. This is how my mind works, too: I had a tickle in my throat two days ago that I should have paid attention to, but didn't. Now I have a head full of cotton and snot. No fever (though Noah has lost our thermometer somewhere ARGH), but clogged ears etc. I should take sinupret (miracle formula!) but I'd rather keep using it preventively for Grace. And I don't want to go to Walmart to get more (though I know for sure Walmart has it, and while WHole Foods SAYS they have, I've never seen it there).

Moreover, I'm really worried that I have pertussis, or that I'll get pertussis, given the epidemic and I don't know if my pertussis vaccine is up to date.

ARGH.

Ugh, Kat. Here's hoping it's just a regular cold.

I am clinging stubbornly to the idea that my issues are allergies and not a cold, although I don't know why that would be any better.

I need to get up and moving. I'm all confused because my errands are in different directions, but seriously? All within a few blocks.

I have sniffles too! And I am DAMNED if I am getting a cold on my birthday party day. I have taken a Claritin, and there's more meds where that cam from, missy!

Hey, look at me! -- I'm up before 10 am! In TX, msbelle just felt a little burst of pride, and she doesn't know why.

Storm last night cooled things down muchly. Now, I gotta attach the porch and the deck and the weeds before it gets too hot.

Coffee first, my friends. Coffee first.

You go, Erin! I'm trying to motivate to get to the farmer's market. I have a lot to do today, need to get going.

Me, too. But it's 77 here, down from 103 yesterday -- WIN

Ugh.

Mary Elizabeth Williams on Salon, and former Buffista at TT, and I think here for a while, has been diagnosed with cancer.

FUCK CANCER.

What is going on? I woke up stuffy and with a sore throat. Now that my dad has picked up CJ for their hiking adventure, I'm really thinking of trying to get more sleep. Cause, you know, I could sleep this off. Right?

Separately...

FUCK CANCER.